Now that the second committee appointed by President John Magufuli to look at Acacia Mining's exports of gold-copper concentrate has largely backed the findings of the first the battle lines are set for an epic confrontation on the exploitation of Tanzania's natural resources...

The arrests of Sethi and Rugemalira followed President John Magufuli's summary suspension of the Director General of the Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority Felix Ngamlagosi after he issued a public notice soliciting feedback on IPTL's request to extend its Power Purchase Agreement with the Tanzania Electric Supply Company Ltd...

President John Pombe Magufuli's government has banned export of the materials since 3 March because he believes Acacia majority-owned by Canada's Barrick Gold has been concealing the value of its exports...

The demise of the sugar production company Bagamoyo EcoEnergy (BEE) after millions of dollars of investment over ten years is being seen as much as a test of President John Magufuli's development agenda as of Tanzania's receptiveness to foreign investment...

It is looking increasingly likely that President John Magufuli's anti-corruption campaign will steer clear of investigating the abuse of state pension funds including the National Social Security Fund (AC Vol 57 No 23 The bulldozer's light tread)...

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli became the latest to endorse Mohamed at the start of a two-day state visit to Kenya a sign that the SADC bloc is not locked down for Venson-Moitoi despite having endorsed her...